Gender, Presence and Representation

Can Presence Alone Make for Effective Representation

Bibliographic Data

ID10939764
AuthorsBina Agarwal (0000-0002-6026-6877, Bina Agarwal is a prize-winning author and Professor of Development Economics and Environment at the Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester, UK. Her most recent books include Gender Challenges (Oxford University Press, 2016), a three-volume compendium of her selected papers. She has won many awards including a Padma Shri in 2008, the Leontief Prize in 2010, and the International Balzan Prize in 2017., corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume53
Issue1
Pages34-50
Publication date2023-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Change (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0049-0857 • E-ISSN: 0976-3538
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00490857231158178
OpenAlexW4323980485
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited24

One of the earliest demands of Indian women’s organisations in the pre-Independence period was the right to be elected to legislative bodies. Yet, almost a century later, a vast gender gap persists in terms of women’s presence at all levels of governance. Why is it important to include women in political and policy decision-making bodies, beyond the issue of equality? Do women representatives necessarily represent women’s interests? Indeed, how do we define women’s interests and how can they be represented best? And how much presence makes for effective representation? This paper addresses these questions, both conceptually and based on empirical evidence

Corporate governance · Economics · Gender equality · Independence (probability theory · Law and economics · Legislature · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law · Mathematics

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